Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-1161

 

Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-1161

Published: March 3, 2023 / Updated: March 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72732
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1161
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within ISO 15765 and ISO 10681 dissectors. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted traffic to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
Oracle Solaris
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark
wireshark-help
libwireshark15
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwireshark15-debuginfo
libwiretap12
wireshark-ui-qt
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
libwsutil13-debuginfo
net-analyzer/wireshark
wireshark (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-1161

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.12, 4.0.4
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.11-2
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.11-2
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-2
wireshark - update to 3.6.11-2
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.11-2
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.12-150000.3.86.1
wireshark - update to 4.0.4-1
net-analyzer/wireshark - update to 4.0.6
wireshark (Debian package) - update to 4.0.6-1~deb12u1

External References

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